U.S. Army High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) crews joined Belgian and Norwegian forces in Exercise Thunderbolt Convergence, held from 24–27 March 2025.
Five JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets from the Hungarian Defence Forces have deployed to Skrydstrup Air Base in Denmark. The aircraft are taking part in Exercise Ramstein Flag 2025, NATO’s largest tactical-level, live-fly air drill.
Four Romanian F-16 fighter jets landed in Šiauliai, Lithuania, on 27 March 2025, to assume NATO’s Air Policing duties from the French and Italian detachments.
Sweden has officially begun its first overseas contribution to NATO’s Air Policing mission, following the arrival of six JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets at Malbork Air Base in Poland.
Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon jets have arrived at the 22nd Air Base in Malbork, Poland, to begin their role in NATO’s enhanced Air Policing (eAP) mission.
Sweden will take part in one of NATO’s largest air exercises, Ramstein Flag 2025, which runs from 31 March to 11 April and involves more than 90 aircraft.
The Finnish Air Force will take part in NATO’s Ramstein Flag 25 exercise for the first time, deploying five F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets to Leeuwarden Air Base in the Netherlands from 31 March to 11 April 2025.
On 1 March 2025, the Republic of Korea officially joined NATO’s Science & Technology Organization (STO) as an Enhanced Science & Technology (S&T) Partner.
The GIUK gap is a gateway between northern European waters and the broad reaches of the Atlantic and beyond.
Following a month-long deployment in Europe, Bomber Task Force 25-2 (BTF 25-2) concludes as the 69th Bomb Squadron’s Knighthawks return home to Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota.
The NATO Multinational Battle Group Lithuania (MN BG LTU) conducted its first live fire training with Puma Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs) as part of a field training exercise from 3-7 March.
Marking one year since accession to NATO, the Swedish Armed Forces have announced their forthcoming contribution to NATO’s enhanced Air Surveillance and Quick Readiness Alert (QRA) activities.
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